mayden

See also: Mayden

Middle English

Alternative forms

maiden, maidene, medene, maden, madane
mædene, mæidene, maȝden, meidene (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English mæġden, from Proto-West Germanic *magadīn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛi̯dən/

Noun

mayden (plural maydenes)

maiden

Derived terms

maidenchild

Descendants

English: maiden
Scots: maidin
Yola: mydhen

References

“maiden, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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